Four-horse evener.



No. 707,946. Patented Aug. 26, I902.

J. W. SAYRE.

FOUR HORSE EVENER.

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ATENT FOUR HORSE EVENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 707,946, dated August 26, 1902.

Application filed September 14,1901. Serial No. 75,364. (No model.)

To all 1071,0172, it may concern:

Be it known that I, J AMES WILLIAM SAYRE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Seneca, in the county of Newton and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Four-Horse Evener, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to four-horse eveners and the object of the same is to construct a device of this character which will enable three horses to be hitched on one side of the tongue or pole and one on the other. The novel construction by which this object is accomplished is fully described in this specification and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings,forniing a part thereof, in which- Figure 1 is plan view of my device and a fragment ofthe pole. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of my device with the pole in vertical section. Fig. 3 is a fragment of the pole in side elevation, with the sheave and hammerstrap.

Like numerals of reference designate like parts in the different views of the drawings.

The numeral 1 designates the pole of a wagon. Pivoted on a bolt 2, mounted in the pole, is an arm 3, mounted on the upper face of the pole 1. A curved brace-rod at is also pivoted on the bolt 2, but on the lower end thereof, and is held in place bya nut 2 The brace-rod 4 is secured to the outer end of the arm 3 by a bolt 5, which extends through the arm 3 and projects beyond the upper face thereof. Pivotally mounted on this projecting end of the bolt 5 is an evener-bar 6, having equal arms 5 and 5 which I term the inner and outer, respectively. The inner arm extends a little beyond the pole 1 and is apertured to accommodate a bolt 7. A clevis 8 is mounted on the bolt 7, as is also a doubletree 9, which is located between the sides of the clevis. Whiflietrees'IO are se- 1 cured to the opposite ends of the doubletree 9. The arm 5 is similarly equipped with a doubletree 7, bearing two whiffletrees 10 and secured by a bolt 7 and a clevis 8.

In order to communicate the pull on the evener-bar 6 to the pole of the wagon and at the same time to keep the bar in equilibrium, a sheave 11 is mounted on a bolt 12, fitting a transverse aperture in the pole and passing at its upper end through'an apertured hammer-strap 13, secured by a bolt 14. A rope 15 passes around the sheave 11 and is secured at its end to the clevis 8.

In operation a horse is hitched to each whi'ftletree in the usual manner.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and wish to secure by Letters Patent, is

In an evener, the combination with the pole of 'a vehicle, of an armpivotally secured to the upper face of said pole, a brace pivoted to the under face of said pole and to the free end of said arm, an evene1'-barcentrally pivoted to the free end of said arm, clevises secured by bolts to the outer ends of said evenerbar and not embracing the same, doubletrees pivoted on said bolts and embraced by said clevises, a sheave mounted on said pole, a flexible member passing around said sheave and attached at its ends to said clevises, said sheave being inclined to prevent said flexible member from binding, substantially as described. I

In testimony whereof I have; signed my name to this specification in the'presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES WILLIAM SAYRE.

Witnesses:

JNo. T. SEARS, FRANK WATSON. 

